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  2. Mourning portraits - Wikipedia

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    Mourning portrait of K. Horvath-Stansith, née Kiss, artist unknown, 1680s A Child of the Honigh Family on its Deathbed, by an unknown painter, 1675-1700. A mourning portrait or deathbed portrait is a portrait of a person who has recently died, usually shown on their deathbed, or lying in repose, displayed for mourners.

  3. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  4. Samuel Folwell - Wikipedia

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    Metropolitan Museum of Art - Accession Number: 10.125.416 Samuel Folwell (1764–1813) [ 1 ] was an American artist who worked in the 18th and 19th century. He is best known for creating works of mourning art which are pieces that memorialize loved ones and sometimes incorporate hair or mementos of the deceased.

  5. Edwin Romanzo Elmer - Wikipedia

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    Elmer's Mourning Picture (1890) Edwin Romanzo Elmer (1850–1923) was an American portrait, genre and still life painter. Known for his attention to detail, he was also an inventor of a machine for braiding horsewhips. [1] Spending most of his life in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Elmer is best known for his painting Mourning Picture. This 1890 ...

  6. The Black Duchess - Wikipedia

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    The Black Duchess (also Mourning Portrait of the Duchess of Alba or simply Portrait of the Duchess of Alba) is a 1797 oil-on-canvas painting by Spanish painter Francisco Goya. The subject of the painting is María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba , then 35 years old.

  7. ‘12 Badass Women’ by Huffington Post

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    Rosa Parks. Susan B. Anthony. Helen Keller. These are a few of the women whose names spark instant recognition of their contributions to American history.

  8. Portrait of Christina of Denmark - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Christina of Denmark (or Portrait in Mourning) is an oil on oak panel painting by Hans Holbein the Younger completed in 1538. [1] It was commissioned that year by Thomas Cromwell , agent for Henry VIII , as a betrothal painting following the death of the English Queen Jane Seymour .

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